“What is it?” He wondered.“I have a confession to make,” she smiled. Dan looked at her concerned something was wrong. “I’m acting a little...shy because you’re the first man to wake up in the morning in my bed since my engagement was broken off.”“I am? I feel so honoured. Hope this won’t be the last morning I wake up beside you, especially with such a good blow job as an alarm clock!” He kidded.“It won’t be,” she smiled, kissing him quickly.“Now that we’ve calmed down from last night’s adventures. I did most of the talking. I explained everything as best I could to the gathered group, first addressing the Horse People and then the Hilltop People. I made it clear that we’d be speaking again, later in the day, once Cadar and the others had returned. To my relief we didn’t end up with a thousand questions that needed to be answered, then and there. It might have been because the locals hadn’t really clued into what I had been talking about, or it might have been simple courtesy and a. They want to make our tech part of it.”“Are we ready for that?”“Yep. We have contracts in place to protect us long term and we agreed they would get first bite at improvements. We are sending Ronald up to Virginia this week to work with some of their designers. We will be on the hook for some of the more sensitive assembly, here. They will deal with the install. Getting our production line set up is Ronald’s first task when he gets back from Virginia.”“Excellent. I haven’t seen the numbers. I know we don't have balls, but a hard impact to the groin hurts us too. She toppled to the grass and lay on the ground for a moment as we expressed our concern, but soon she was up and limping again, her sporty nature making sure she was too proud to admit how much it hurt. But it made me think again about something that had been worrying me; what if Claire woke up feeling the aftereffects of Theos touch? I hadn't noticed anything that would have stood out if I hadn't been aware of what he was.